A Flag
for the Moon? - A Flag for the Moon Society?updated August 15, 2010

Let's take the easiest question first: Shouldthe Moon Society
adopt a flag to represent itself and its efforts?

This is easier becaue we don't need to seek
world-wide consensus!

In2006, the Moon Society adopted a Flag
to fly over the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah during its 2-week
long Artemis Moonbase Sim 1 exercise, as Crew
45 - February 26 - March 11, 2006. Inadvance,
crew members were asked their preferences on a set of possible flag
designs. There was no consensus at all, so the crew commander, Pete
Kokh, deferred to the pattern set by the Mars Society flag that always
flew over M.D.R.S., the "Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars" Tricolor. For
the purposes of this simulation exercise, we had a flag made in the
Tricolor motif. Our Colors were, left to right, Gray (for moon dust),
Blue (for water), Green (for vegetation and biosphere).

Because
of this precedent, should the Moon Society undertake further Lunar
Analog Research efforts, whether at M.D.R.S, at its own Station should
we ever find and secure a suitable area of land, or at scattered analog
activity areas, perhaps we should do so under this flag.

Some other previous design proposals

Note: There has been no attempt
to display these in any sort of chronological order.Clickon
the thumbnail images below to get a larger size image.

Earth Flag
by Shaun Moss

Mate Moon Flag
Peter Kokh

"reclamation" motif-PK

"reclamation" motif-PK

"Lunaissance" - PK

Flag flown at MDRS,
2006 - PK

Should the Moon Society attempt to pick a flag for
future pioneers and settleres to fly on the Moon?

We are firm believers that the pioneers and settlers
themselves should make this and other decisions that will affect their
future, not ours. That said, there is no reason not to ontinue
collectingproposed moon flag designs

The "Reclamation Flag" - designed by Peter Kokh,
co-founder of The Lunar Reclamation Society, the Milwaukee chapter of
the National Space Society.

The
"Reclamation Moon Flag" - The double wall
of the hexagon represents the hull complex that
contains the atmosphere against the outside vacuum. The lower
gray half represent the moon dust that
is our foundation, and the source of all the elements on which lunar
industries are based. The yellow triangle represents
the energy of sunlight. The blue
is for the precious water whose hydrogen
we harvest with care, and which must be recycled religiously. The green
is for the living vegetation that supports our
biosphere and all of our human activities. Thus this hexagon represents
the "blueprint for human settlements on the Moon"

Members and Vistors are welcome to submit their own
Moon Flag designs

There is no contest; there are no prizes.

Keep the design simple. Many national flags are complex,
however, e.g. USA, UK, Brazil

Thewidth to height ratio should
be exactly 3:2 e.g. 360:240 pixels

Wewill make the thumbnail from
your design, just send the full size image

Nottoo many colors - from 2 to 6
recommended

Giveyour entry a short image
name
(we may change it)

Inyour email submission, explain
the rationale for your design

mail your design to flags@moonsociety.org
- put "flag" in
the subject line - you should get confirmation email